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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">71</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>Political and legal factors affecting the transformation in the composition of the regional legislatures in the 2000s (the case of the regions in South-Western Siberia)</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>Political and legal factors affecting the transformation in the composition of the regional legislatures in the 2000s (the case of the regions in South-Western Siberia)</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Shashkova</surname><given-names>Yaroslava Yu.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Shashkova</surname><given-names>Yaroslava Yu.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>yashashkova@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff93" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff93"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Altai State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Altai State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2013</year></pub-date><issue>1</issue><fpage>53</fpage><lpage>62</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2013/issue/1/article/71">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2013/issue/1/article/71</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/1(34)/53-62.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/1(34)/53-62.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>The impact of the transformation of political regime, political processes and federal and regional laws on political parties and elections, on the political composition and members and the structure of the legislative assemblies in Novosibirsk, Kemerovo and Altai Regions are discussed.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The impact of the transformation of political regime, political processes and federal and regional laws on political parties and elections, on the political composition and members and the structure of the legislative assemblies in Novosibirsk, Kemerovo and Altai Regions are discussed.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>the subjects of the Russian Federation</kwd><kwd>legislative (representative) power</kwd><kwd>political parties</kwd><kwd>electoral process</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>the subjects of the Russian Federation</kwd><kwd>legislative (representative) power</kwd><kwd>political parties</kwd><kwd>electoral process</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>